08 March 2012, 23:51 Sport Atletico beat Besiktas in the Europa League The first matches of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League take place on Thursday. The Spanish Atlético hosted the Turkish Besiktas and won with a score of 3:1. Goals: Salvio, 24, 27; Lopez, 37 - Sabrosa, 53. The return match will take place on March 15. Details of this and other matches, as well as the position of the teams in the standings, can be viewed on the Europa League page.

The first matches of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League take place on Thursday. The Portuguese Sporting hosted the English Manchester City and won with a score of 1:0. River: Shandan, 51. Gazeta.Ru conducted an online broadcast of this match. Russian Sporting midfielder Marat Izmailov entered the field in the starting lineup and was replaced in the 60th minute. He has a yellow card. The return meeting will take place on March 15.

08 March 2012, 05:11 Sport Manduka: this is the happiest day of my life APOEL forward Gustavo Manduca shared his emotions after the victory over Lyon ( 1:0, 4:3 on pens ) in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. It was he who scored the only goal in regulation time. “It’s hard to say what I feel,” France Football quotes the footballer as saying . “I recently had surgery and I couldn’t even walk and didn’t know if I’d be able to recover in time.

08 March 2012, 21:54 Sport Gazprom intends to acquire CSKA Sofia The Bulgarian company NIS Petrol, whose majority owner is Gazprom, is negotiating the purchase of the local football club CSKA , the Standard newspaper reports . The Serbian branch of Gazprom is already the owner of the Serbian football club Red Star. And the acquisition of the Bulgarian CSKA is associated with the expansion of the company’s activities on the Balkan Peninsula.

08 March 2012, 21:44 Sport Karlsson: satisfied and even pleased with how the game turned out today Atlanta head coach Janne Karlsson commented on his team’s victory in the 1/8 finals of the KHL playoffs over Severstal. “I am satisfied and even pleased with the way the game turned out today, especially with the way the guys fought and killed the minority again and again,” the Severstal press service reports his words.

Former England and Liverpool footballer Robbie Fowler, who trained with Championship club Blackpool, received a contract offer from its management that would have paid him £100 a week. According to the Daily Mail , Fowler was not flattered by such an offer. Blackpool head coach Ian Holloway made no secret of the fact that he was impressed by Fowler's readiness. He had no doubt that the contract with him would be signed.

During the winter transfer window, Manchester City, which in recent years has been exciting the football community with multimillion-dollar acquisitions, was quietly sleeping. However, in the summer the leader of the English Premier League will obviously wake up. Recently, the British press spread a rumor that a club from Manchester wants to buy Arsenal striker Robin van Persie .

In the matches between Atlant and Severstal in the playoffs, an uncompromising fight is guaranteed. This happened in 2008 (at that time, however, “Atlant” was called “Khimik”), this happened in 2011, this happened in 2012. On Thursday in Cherepovets, the Moscow region team, having broken the resistance of the ice hosts in a dramatic match, reached the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup. Atlant traces its history back to 2005. The club is young.

Scottish football club Rangers have withdrawn from European competition next season. According to the BBC, the club's management made this decision because it would not be able to provide the necessary financial guarantees for participation in European tournaments in time (until March 31). At the same time, the club assured that the team will continue to exist, despite financial difficulties.

08 March 2012, 21:31 Sport Izmailov will appear from the first minutes in the LE match against Manchester City Russian midfielder of Sporting Lisbon Marat Izmailov will start the Europa League match against Manchester City from the first minutes. Gazeta.Ru will broadcast this match online .

08 March 2012, 23:18 Sport Izmailov was substituted in the match between Sporting and Manchester City in the League of Legends Russian midfielder of Sporting Marat Izmailov , who appeared in the first team of his team for the 1/8 finals of the Europa League match against Manchester City, was replaced in the 59th minute of the meeting. Gazeta.Ru is broadcasting this match online .

Until recently, Tottenham claimed silver in the Premier League and thought about gold. However, after defeats from Manchester United and Arsenal, it became clear that Spurs could not rise higher than third place. However, it is likely that Harry Redknapp's team will not be left without a trophy this season. The London club is fighting for the FA Cup.

A US court has ruled that the American adoptive mother Torrie Ann Hansen, who returned the Russian boy Artem Savelyev by plane to Moscow with a “refusal” note, must pay funds for his maintenance. In May, the court will hear the parties' arguments on the expected amount of payments. Hansen repeatedly ignored subpoenas. Artem flew from Washington to Moscow on his own on April 8, 2010 .

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Vladimir Putin on his election as President of Russia. “First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of the Russian Federation. Yesterday the Central Election Commission summed up the results. The result is absolutely convincing, and it shows that the citizens of our country trust the course that our state has pursued in recent years,” Medvedev emphasized.

In England, court hearings were held in the case of a former discus thrower who later served in the police. The court sentenced 43-year-old Jane Oakcott to three years and two months in prison for drug use, also convicting her of links to a criminal fraud ring. In 1986, Oakcott was considered the best athlete in her discipline at youth level. She won several titles, and at senior level her best result was sixth place at the 1990 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.